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Organotins: Sources and Impacts on Health and Environment
Sousa, Ana Catarina; Tanabe, Shinsuke; Pastorinho, M. RamiroOrganotin compounds are used as biocides, plastic stabilizers, and catalysts for the production of polyurethanes and silicones. Their notoriety is due to tributyltin (TBT), a potent biocide extensively used in antifouling paints until the beginning of the 21st century. As a consequence of its widespread use, TBT was responsible for the contamination of the marine environment at a global scale, causing several d...
Endocrine disrupting chemicals in indoor dust and the implications for human ex...
Madureira, Joana; Sousa, Ana Catarina; Silva, Ana Inês; Aguiar, Lívia; Tanoue, Rumi; Kunisue, Tatsuya; Tanabe, Shinsuke; Teixeira, João PauloPersonal care products, including cosmetics and pharmaceuticals, are major sources of endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDC), such as parabens and triclosan (TCS) (Mitro et al. 2016). The use of these compounds has resulted in extensive environmental occurrence and human exposure. So far, levels of these chemicals in residences has not yet been fully explored, particularly in indoor dust (Chen et al. 2018; Geens ...
Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary D...
Sousa, Ana; Souto-Miranda, Sara; Marques, Alda; Valente, Carla; Barros, Rafael; Taborda-Barata, Luís; Tanoue, Rumi; Kunisue, Tatsuya; Tanabe, ShinsukeThe study of indoor environmental quality as well as the development and progression of chronic respiratory diseases have received a great deal of attention in the past few years. However, most of those surveys focus on the effects of particulate matter (PM) and biological contaminants (fungi and bacteria) and evidences on the effects of endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) in these pathologies are limited. He...
Personal care products in matched human and environmental samples collected und...
Sousa, Ana; Souto-Miranda, Sara; Marques, Alda; Silva, Tatiana; Henriques, Isabel; Barros, Rafael; Taborda-Barata, Luís; Valente, Carla; Rumi TanoueThe indoor environment is an important source of exposure to microbial communities that may deleteriously affect human respiratory health. Recent studies demonstrated that the microbial community structure can be altered by the use of household products such as antimicrobial agents. Hence, in order to understand the modulation of the indoor microbiome by household products and their joint effect in the respirat...
Levels of endocrine disruptors in Portugal: results from the joint collaboratio...
Sousa, Ana Catarina; Ikenaka, Yoshinori; Ichise, Takahiro; Pastorinho, M. Ramiro; Barros, Rafael; Taborda-Barata, Luís; Barroso, Carlos M.Sem resumo disponível.
RESPIRA Project: Understanding the role of environmental contaminants in respir...
Sousa, Ana Catarina; Miranda, Sara; Marques, Alda; Valente, Carla; Amoro, Raquel; Pereira, Cristiana Costa; Teixeira, João Paulo; Silva, TatianaIn the last century, there was a shift from an outdoor to an indoor lifestyle and presently we spend 80- 90% of our lives inside buildings. This artificial habitat has unique features (e.g. insulation, humidity) that promote the accumulation of not only biological agents (e.g. bacteria, fungi) but also chemical contaminants; therefore, it is a prime interface between such agents and humans. However, humans are ...
A microcosm approach to evaluate the degradation of tributyltin (TBT) by Aeromo...
Cruz, Andreia; Henriques, Isabel; Sousa, Ana C. A.; Baptista, Inês; Almeida, Adelaide; Takahashi, Shin; Tanabe, Shinsuke; Correia, AntonioTributyltin (TBT) is a biocide extremely toxic to a wide range of organisms, which has been used for decades in antifouling paints. Despite its global ban in 2008, TBT is still a problem of great concern due to the high levels trapped in sediments. Aeromonas molluscorum Av27 is a TBT degrading bacterium that was isolated from an estuarine system. We investigated the ability and the role of this bacterium on TBT...
A microcosm approach to evaluate the degradation of tributyltin (TBT) by Aeromo...
Cruz, Andreia; Henriques, Isabel; Sousa, Ana C. A.; Baptista, Inês; Almeida, Adelaide; Takahashi, Shin; Tanabe, Shinsuke; Correia, AntonioTributyltin (TBT) is a biocide extremely toxic to a wide range of organisms, which has been used for decades in antifouling paints. Despite its global ban in 2008, TBT is still a problem of great concern due to the high levels trapped in sediments. Aeromonas molluscorum Av27 is a TBT degrading bacterium that was isolated from an estuarine system. We investigated the ability and the role of this bacterium on TBT...
A microcosm approach to evaluate the degradation of tributyltin (TBT) by Aeromo...
Cruz, Andreia; Henriques, Isabel; Sousa, Ana C. A.; Baptista, Inês; Almeida, Adelaide; Takahashi, Shin; Tanabe, Shinsuke; Correia, AntónioTributyltin (TBT) is a biocide extremely toxic to a wide range of organisms, which has been used for decades in antifouling paints. Despite its global ban in 2008, TBT is still a problem of great concern due to the high levels trapped in sediments. Aeromonas molluscorum Av27 is a TBT degrading bacterium that was isolated from an estuarine system. We investigated the ability and the role of this bacterium on TBT...
History on organotin compounds, from snails to humans
Sousa, Ana C. A.; Pastorinho, M. Ramiro; Takahashi, Shin; Tanabe, ShinsukeOrganotin compounds are industrial chemicals used as biocides, polyvinyl chloride stabilizers and industrial catalysts for the manufacture of silicone and polyurethane foams. Despite multiple applications, organotin notoriety is due to tributyltin, a potent biocide used in antifouling paints. Because of the intensive use of tributyltin for the protection of ships’ hulls, tributyltin has been largely released in...